Mexico Housing Authority to proceed with 52 public housing units
The Mexico Housing Authority moves ahead after HUD approves a loan increase to 691 523 for 52 low rent duplex units. Reinhardt Construction will build 52 duplexes for 739 500 across scattered sites in the West Underpass renewal area, with 26 units for elderly residents and all units ready within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico Housing Authority
Warner Williams
Max Berrey
The
Housing Authority
William Hungate
Eugene A. Gulledge
the Housing and Urban Development Office
Washington, D.C
Mexico Ty
HUD
St. Louis
Berrey
Reinhardt Construction Company
Reinhardt Company of
Centralia
Youth Tackles Tough Queries in Optimist Club Forum
Mexico youth at Channel 12 interview discuss drug use and legalization, noting marijuana penalties seem too harsh and calling for more study. Panelists address state laws, racial issues, and band choices at events, with comments on fairness and prejudice at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Channel 12
See-To
Bill Brandis
Students Voice Frustrations With Dress Code And Youth Center
Youngsters criticize strict dress rules and lack of after school hangouts. They call for slacks and culottes, a more open youth center, and cheaper access. Panelists note atmosphere and supervision issues and discuss opportunities for youths in a changing family dynamic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris
DiBlasi
John Freeman
Carol Rutter
Bob Ligon
Kathy Barnes
Bill Brandis
Weekend Youth Center Parties Kick Off With Victory Night
Mexico Youth Center schedules weekend activities starting Friday with a victory party after the Mexico High School game at MHS. Senior students join 9 to 11:30 p.m. festivities, while juniors attend a 4:30 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. event. Sunday from 1:30 p.m. volunteers sell fruit cakes as a Student Council fundraiser. Center director Floyd Clark from Columbia will attend each event.
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Mexico
Gary Smallw
Floyd Clark
Columbia
Pileup Breaks Referee's Ankle in High School Game
Princeton AP report says Eugene Garrison refereeing Unionville versus Princeton football game landed under a pile of players late in the contest and suffered a compound fracture of his ankle.
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Princeton, Mo
Eugene Garrison
Unionville
Princeton
Fries Have Son Born at Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Larry Fries of 1207 West St welcomed an eight pound 14 ounce boy at 3 10 p.m. Wednesday at Audrain Medical Center. The newborn joins the Fries family, with Mr Fries employed at A P Green Refractories Co.
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Larry ¢ Fries
West St
Audrain Medical Center
Fries
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Prisoner of War Week Observed in Southeast Asia
A special concern calls all in the Mexico area to join the National League of Families in observing Prisoners of War Week. Sunday November 15 is a Day of Prayer and Concern for missing and captured Americans in Southeast Asia. Sgt Rodney L Griffin, husband, has been missing since May 2 and is believed a prisoner of war.
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Mexico
National League of Families of Prisoners of War
Southeast Asia
Americana
Rodney L. Griffin
Mrs Staley Ends Long ACHS Presidency After 1965 Start
Mrs. Walter G. Staley, president of the Audrain County Historical Society since 1965, will resign at the upcoming banquet in the Mexico United Methodist Church dining room. The piece notes her leadership in preserving the Ross House, expanding the Saddle Horse Museum, and guiding annual dinners, with a slate of officers and directors to be voted on at the Nov. 17 meeting.
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Walter G. Staley
Audrain County Historical Society
Mexico United Methodist Church
Jefferson Tea Room
Lakenan Bates
Roy Creasey
Robert §. Green
American Saddle Horse Museum
American Saddle Horse
Audrain County
Ross House
Staley
Missouri
Vandalia
Quinnie Benton
Garfield School
Saddle Horse Museum
Courthouse Square
St. Louis
Lakenan Barnes
H. I. Nesheim
Elenore Schewe
Wynn Henderson
Betty Baker
Bradford Brett
Society
J. B. Arthur
Leslie Crow
Roy Kent
Floyd Ruthel
Everett van Matre
Frank P. Wilfley Sr
W. R. Courtney
H. L. Beynon
Anne Bledsoe
Arthur D. Bond
Edwin Buckner
F. Morris Crews
Edward French
Marjorie Gantt
O. G. Hocker
Norvall Hunthausen
Louise Johnson
Frank Kent
L. J. Miller Jr
Mike Morris
Thomas Talley
Virginia Batts
Robert M. White II
51 Pay Hike In GMC Pact
Detroit AP reports representatives of 394000 GM workers met to decide on a proposed three year contract with the United Auto Workers. If the GM council approves, rank and file vote follows. rejection returns talks and risks extending the eight week strike into 1971. The pact outlines cost of living allowances, wage scales, early retirement, pension increases, SUB fund boosts, and pattern-setting potential for other automakers and suppliers.
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Detroit
General Motors
Corporation
United Auto Workers
GM Council
UAW
Earl Bramblett
Bramblett
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors Corp
Ford
Chrysler
AMC
John Deere
International Harvester
Caterpillar Corp
Somme
International Union of Electrical Workers
iHomer Pierce
IUE
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
U.S
Gm-Canada
Erdel Couple Welcome Daughter At Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Donald W Erdel of 512 Rastholm Street are the parents of a daughter born at Audrain Medical Center at 238 pm on Wednesday. The newborn weighed nine pounds eight ounces. Mr Erdel works for the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Erdel
Rastholm St
Audrain Medical Center
Erdel
Norfolk and Western RR
De Gaulle funeral Mass at Notre Dame Paris
Charles de Gaulle was honored with a simple Notre Dame funeral Mass in Paris attended by world leaders and thousands of French mourners. His body lay in Colombey before a final burial at a country churchyard, reflecting his wish for simplicity and national unity.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Notre Dame
DeGaulle
Church of Our Lady
Adolf Hitler
Colombey Les Deux Eglises
de Gaulle
Nixon
Francois Cardinal Marty
Colombey
Seine
Europe
United States
Champs Elysees
Britain
Colomibey-les-Deux-Eglises
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Lord Avon
Prince Charles
Edward Heath
King Baudevin
Belgium
Shah
Iran
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Jean
Luxembourg
Prince Rainier
Grace
Monaco
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Netherlands
Harald
Norway
Carl Gustaf
Sweden
Emperor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Indira Gandhi
Makarios
Cyprus
Zalman Shazar
David Ben- Gurion
Israel
Mahmoud Fawzi
Suleiman Franjieh
Giuseppe Saragat
Emilio Colombo
Italy
Marcello Caetano
Portugal
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Spain
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Willy Brandt
China
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